2016–17 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Beitar Jerusalem 80th season since its establishment in 1936, and 69th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2016–17 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
2016–17 season
ChairmanEli Tabib
ManagerRan Ben Shimon
(until 5 February 2017)
Sharon Mimer
(from 7 February 2017)
StadiumTeddy Stadium
Ligat Ha'Al3rd
State CupSemi Final
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Toto CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Itay Shechter (14 goals)
All: Itay Shechter (19 goals)
Highest home attendance25,049 Vs Saint-Étienne
(17 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance3,000 Vs Ashdod
(28 January 2017)
Average home league attendance8,102

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ISR Boris Klaiman
2 DF   FRA Antoine Conte
3 MF   ISR David Keltjens
4 DF   ESP Jesús Rueda
5 DF   ISR Dan Mori
7 MF   ISR Israel Zaguri
8 MF   ISR Idan Vered
9 FW   ISR Itay Shechter
10 MF   ISR Danny Preda
11 MF   ISR Dan Einbinder (Captain)
12 FW   ISR Avishay Cohen
14 MF   BRA Claudemir
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   ISR Hen Dilmoni
18 MF   ISR Hen Ezra
21 MF   ISR Kobi Moyal
22 GK   ISR Stav Shushan
23 DF   GER Marcel Heister
26 FW   ISR Shlomi Avisidris
27 DF   ISR Oz Raly
33 GK   ISR Tamir Lalo
52 MF   SVK Erik Sabo
77 MF   ISR Ya'akov Berihon
MF   ISR Amir Agayev
MF   BRA Georginho

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

18 June 2016 Training Camp Beitar Jerusalem   1–0   MTK Budapest FC
17:00 Valpoort  

Competitions edit

Ligat Ha'Al edit

Results edit

21 August 2016 1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–2 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
20:00 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Liran Liany
28 August 2016 2 Beitar Jerusalem 2–2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Jerusalem
20:15 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Roei Reinschreiber
11 September 2016 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:45 IDT
Summary
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 12,650
Referee: Menashe Mashiah
17 September 2016 4 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Hapoel Ashkelon Jerusalem
20:10 IDT
Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ziv Adler
24 September 2016 5 Hapoel Haifa 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:10 IDT
Summary Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Oren Siminyan
1 October 2016 6 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
20:10 IDT Rueda   60' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Idan Layba
22 October 2016 7 Ashdod 0–0 Beitar Jerusalem Ashdod
20:30 IDT Summary Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Gal Laibuvitz
31 October 2016 8 Beitar Jerusalem 2–2 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem
20:30 IST
Summary
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Guy Berger
5 November 2016 9 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Ra'anana Jerusalem
20:00 IST Rueda   69' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Shlomi Ben Avraham
21 November 2016 10 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Jerusalem
21:00 IST Shechter   40' Summary Altman   15' (pen.) Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 19,700
Referee: Liran Liany
28 November 2016 11 Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem
21:00 IST Summary Safouri   87' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Menashe Mashiah
5 December 2016 12 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
21:00 IST Summary L. Cohen   39', 68' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 29,200
Referee: Erez Papir
12 December 2016 13 Beitar Jerusalem 1–3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Petah Tikva
21:00 IST Claudemir   27' Summary 10,000 Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Referee: Alon Yefet
17 December 2016 14 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem
20:30 IST Rueda   85' Summary Roman   18' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eli Hacmon
24 December 2016 15 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Kiryat Shmona
20:30 IST
Summary Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Shlomi Ben Avraham
2 January 2017 16 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
21:00 IST Shechter   38' (pen.) Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Liran Liany
10 January 2017 17 Hapoel Ashkelon 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Ashkelon
19:45 IST Swisa   32' Summary Shechter   83' (pen.) Stadium: Sala Stadium
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Igal Frid
15 January 2017 18 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
20:15 IST Einbinder   7' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Daniel Bar-Natan
22 January 2017 19 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba
20:00 IST Summary
Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich
28 January 2017 20 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Ashdod Jerusalem
20:30 IST Shechter   71' (pen.) Summary David   52' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Guy Berger
4 February 2017 21 Bnei Yehuda 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
18:30 IST Valskis   74' Summary Shechter   36' Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Shalom Ben-Avraham
11 February 2017 22 Hapoel Ra'anana 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
Summary
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Oren Siminyan
18 February 2017 23 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
Reichert   3' Summary
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erez Papir
25 February 2017 24 Bnei Sakhnin 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin
Summary
Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alon Yeffet
4 March 2017 25 Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
Summary Vermouth   36' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eli Hakmon
11 March 2017 26 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
Zrihan   49' ,   59' Summary Shechter   63' Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roey Reinsheriber

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 5 4 45 19 +26 56 Qualification for the Championship round
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 13 9 4 36 23 +13 48
4 Beitar Jerusalem 26 10 10 6 34 27 +7 40
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 10 9 7 26 26 0 39
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 10 8 8 30 25 +5 38
Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[16]



Top playoff edit

18 March 2017 27 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-1 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
19:30 IST Einbinder   56' Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Idan Layba
1 April 2017 28 Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
18:30 IST Awad   31'
Rukavytsya   42', 51'
Ezra   22'
Shechter   40' (pen.)
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
8 April 2017 29 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem
20:55 IST Shechter   53' (pen.)
Sabo   67'
Vered   82'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich
17 April 2017 30 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2-0 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
20:55 IST Radi   67'
Barda   76'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 14,750
Referee: Erez Papir
22 April 2017 31 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
20:55 IST Ben Haim   14' Vered   45' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Eli Hackmon
26 April 2017 32 Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem
19:30 IST Rueda   5'
Vered   90+4'
Melamed   10' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Liran Liani
29 April 2017 33 Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
19:10 IST Vered   12'
Einbinder   48'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
6 May 2017 34 Bnei Sakhnin 1-5 Beitar Jerusalem Acre
19:30 IST Shemesh   41' Shechter   15'
Sabo   45+1' (pen.)
Shechter   57'
Keltjens   60'
Berihon   88'
Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium
Attendance: *Redius game without fans
Referee: Ziv Adler
15 May 2017 35 Beitar Jerusalem 1-1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
20:55 IST Berihon   51' Sahar   29' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Shalom Ben Avraham
20 May 2017 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:30 IST Sabo   12'
Shechter   19'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 7,170
Referee: Guy Berger

Top playoff table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C, Q) 36 26 7 3 73 18 +55 85 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) 36 22 6 8 61 28 +33 72 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem (Q) 36 16 12 8 53 36 +17 60
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 36 15 11 10 42 34 +8 56
5 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 9 14 32 46 −14 48
6 Maccabi Haifa 36 12 9 15 34 41 −7 45
Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[16]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated


UEFA Europe League edit

First qualifying round edit

30 June 2016 First leg FK Sloboda Tuzla   0–0   Beitar Jerusalem Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18:00 CEST Report Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium
Attendance: 2,762
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
7 July 2016 Second leg Beitar Jerusalem   1–0
(1–0 agg.)
  FK Sloboda Tuzla Jerusalem, Israel
19:45 IDT Atzili   66' (pen.) Report Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,010
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)

Second qualifying round edit

14 July 2016 First leg Beitar Jerusalem   1–0   AC Omonia Jerusalem, Israel
20:00 IDT Abuhatzira  71' Report Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
21 July 2016 First leg AC Omonia   3–2
(3–3 agg.)
  Beitar Jerusalem Nicosia, Cyprus
19:30 EEST
Report Atzili   17', 45' Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 14,383
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Third qualifying round edit

28 July 2016 First leg Jelgava   1–1   Beitar Jerusalem Riga, Latvia
20:00 EEST Smirnovs   70' Report Vered   25' Stadium: Skonto Stadium
Attendance: 2,886
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Second leg Beitar Jerusalem   3–0   Jelgava Jerusalem, Israel
20:00 IDT
Report Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 16,175
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

Play-off round edit

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) First leg Beitar Jerusalem   1–2   AS Saint-Étienne Jerusalem, Israel
19:00 IDT Vered   8' Report Lemoine   15'
Rueda   30' (o.g.)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 25,049
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
25 August 2016 (2016-08-25) Second leg AS Saint-Étienne   0–0 Beitar Jerusalem   Saint-Étienne, France
20:45 CEST Report Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 20,354
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

State Cup edit

7 January 2017 Eighth round Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
20:30 IST
Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Referee: Gal Laibuvitz
25 January 2017 Round of 16 Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem
20:55 IST
Summary Shemesh   79' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 15,450
Referee: Menashe Mashiah
7 February 2017 Quarter-final, 1st leg Beitar Jerusalem 2–0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Jerusalem
21:00 IST Shechter   21' (pen.) ,   56' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Referee: Eli Hakmon
28 February 2017 Quarter-final, 2nd leg Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem Kiryat Shmona
Summary Maurocio   22' Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Referee: Ziv Adler
5 April 2017 Semi-Final Beitar Jerusalem 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Ezra   89' Summary
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ziv Adler

Toto Cup edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ASH HBS HAS BEI
1 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Qualified to Quarter-finals 2–2 3–1
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6 0–1
3 Hapoel Ashkelon 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2 0–5 1–1
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1 2–4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

References edit

  1. ^ אבוחצירה וטביב נפגשו. דן מורי חתם לשנתיים Moti Pshehatzky, 9 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ רשמי: עוז ראלי חתם לשנתיים בבית"ר ירושלים Guy Ben Ziv, 11 July 2016 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ טל בנש סיכם לשנתיים בבית"ר ירושלים Ofir Sa'ar, 13 July 2016 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ יש חיזוק: הייסטר חתם בבית"ר ירושלים Moti Pshechatzky, 15 July 2016 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ בריהון חתם. בית"ר פנתה רשמית לדן מורי Moti Pshehaktzky, 7 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ רשמי: קובי מויאל חתם לעונה אחת בבית"ר ירושלים Gidi Lipkin, 16 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ חוזר הביתה: עידן ורד חתם בבית"ר ירושלים לעונה אחת Guy Ben Ziv, 23 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ ממשיכה להתחזק: אריק סאבו חתם בבית"ר י-ם Guy Ben Ziv, 16 July 2016 (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ רשמי: שמעון אבוחצירה חתם בבית"ר ירושלים Ģuy Ben Ziv, 27 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  10. ^ קפילוטו חתם לעונה בהפועל חיפה: אני שמח ונרגש Doron Ben Dor, 15 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  11. ^ מאטוביץ' ואיציק כהן חתמו לעונה אחת בהפועל כפ"ס Gal Barkan, 15 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  12. ^ עובר לשרון: אלעד גבאי חתם לשנתיים ברעננה Einat Hirsh, 1 July 2016 (in Hebrew)
  13. ^ לירוי צעירי חתם לשנתיים במכבי פתח תקווה Rotem Rozentski, 29 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  14. ^ ניקיטה רוקאביצה חתם ל-3 שנים במכבי חיפה Tomer Levy & Moti Pshehatzky, 8 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  15. ^ מבית"ר י-ם לבני יהודה: דובב גבאי חתם ל-3 שנים Roei Zrihan, 27 June 2016 (in Hebrew)
  16. ^ a b "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.